Region Index

Canada is home to 10 recognized mainstream grand lodges — one per province — and one recognized Prince Hall grand lodge in Ontario. Every grand lodge listed here is recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England. This index covers all recognized grand lodges across all ten Canadian provinces.

Canada's Masonic landscape is organized along provincial lines, with each province maintaining its own sovereign grand lodge. All ten are recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England and are members of COGMNA — the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America. Ontario is the only Canadian province with a recognized Prince Hall grand lodge, the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ontario, which holds UGLE recognition and mutual recognition with its mainstream counterpart.

Canadian Freemasonry traces its origins to British military lodges active during the colonial period, with the oldest provincial grand lodges constituted in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Quebec's grand lodge operates bilingually in English and French, reflecting the province's distinct linguistic character.

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